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Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign legislation today that would repeal a Republican-passed
elections bill from last year that also carried Kasich’s name.

By signing House Bill 295, Kasich would complete the GOP’s unprecedented move of repealing a law
that is being challenged on the statewide ballot through a referendum.

Kasich signed Republicans’ House Bill 194 on July 1. Among other things, it shortened early
voting and blocked counties from mailing unsolicited absentee-ballot applications to all voters.
Democrats, including President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, gathered the requisite
signatures to place that bill before voters this fall.

House Bill 295 is meant to repeal last year’s bill and cancel the referendum, but Democrats
could sue to, yes, block the repeal they originally sought because they argue that HB 295 would not
allow early, in-person voting on Saturday, Sunday and Monday before the Nov. 6 election.